Improvement in fences



E. H. PERRY.

FENCE.

No. 191,547. PatentedJ'une 5,1877.

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WITNESSES: INVENI EH? N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITNDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. Q

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR H. PERRY, OF EXETER, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,547. dated June 5, 1877; application tiled March 27,1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, EDGAR H. PERRY, of Exeter, in the county of Scott and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin fences; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the ends of the sections, whereby they can be readily put together and taken apart, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

Each section of my fence consists of any desired number of panels, a, and the posts b 0. Of the posts b there may be one or more, secured to the panels at any suitable point, but of the posts 0 there are four, always secured to one end of the section, and arranged two on each side, at suitable angles to each other,

through the end of the adjoining section, as shown, the pins d are passed through them, so as to prevent them from being drawn out again, and thus they are locked securely together.

By the arrangement of the four posts 0 on both sides of the panels, and at an angle to each other, each post is made to bear against the sides of the panels at a different point, and thus brace them rigidly in position. Sections thus secured together are strongly and firmly held, and yet they can be readily taken apart to be set up in some other place.

1 am aware that two posts have been secured to the side of a single panel, as shown in the patent to A. E. Balliet, June 13, 1876, and this I disclaim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a removable fence, the combination of two or more panels, a, each one of which has the four posts 0 secured to one end, the posts being arranged two on a side, and at an angle to each other, so as to form a double brace with the locking pins 01, substantially as shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of March, 1877.

EDGAR HARRISON PERRY.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. STEWART, H. O. WARD. 

